More proof of psychology’s popularity as a high school
course: The number of students who have taken the
Advanced Placement psychology exam increased to
197,719 in 2011, up nearly 12 percent from the previous
year. The test, which includes a 70-minute multiple-choice section and a 50-minute free-response section,
was first offered in 1992.

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197,719Students who took the AP psychology examUpper estimateof Americans age
65 and olderwho have mental health or substance abuseconditions, according to a 2012 Institute ofMedicine report.

116,128
65
51,831

The average number of genetic mutations in
a child born to a 40-year-old father. A 20-year-
old dad, however, only passes on about 25,
according to a 2012 study in Nature. (See
“Catching autism early,” page 56.)

18,628
3,91419921997200220072011

Source: The College Board

15$3.5 million grant will help trainmore Native American psychologistsThe federal government has awarded the Center for Rural Health

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at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine andHealth Sciences a five-year, $3.5 million grant to be a Center ofExcellence in Native Behavioral Health.

Percentage of pre-teens
and teens who have
been bullied in the past
year — an estimate
far below rates found
in past studies and common perception,
according to a meta-analysis by Dan Olweus,
PhD, of the University of Bergen, Norway.

The new Seven Generations Center of Excellence will recruit,
mentor and retain promising American Indian, Alaskan Native
and Native Hawaiian students who have an interest in becoming
mental health professionals. The funding was awarded through
the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Bureau of
Health Professions.

“The new center will serve to plug the leaks in the workforce
pipeline,” says psychologist Jacque Gray, PhD, who will direct
and be the principal investigator for the Seven Generations
Center. “We have been losing excellent Native American
students through discouragement, lack of funding and the
shortage of specialized training in ethical work with Native
American communities,” she says. ;

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How much more likely women diagnosed with
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder as girls
are to attempt suicide when they are young
women than those without ADHD, suggests
a 2012 study in the Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology.